5 July 2017

President Edgar Lungu is currently chairing an extra-ordinary Cabinet meeting at State House as citizens await the official pronouncement of a possible State of Emergency declaration which the Head of State alluded to at the airport yesterday. According to the ruling Patriotic Front media Director Sunday Chanda, President Lungu this morning read provisions in the...

Antonio Mwanza says it is suspicious for President Edgar Lungu to conclude that the fire that swept through Lusaka City Market yesterday was an act of sabotage when police are still investigating the matter. Antonio, who is Forum for Democracy and Development (FDD) Spokesperson and Deputy National Secretary, told News Diggers! in an interview that...

Patriotic Front Lawyer Kelvin Bwalya Fube has initiated compensation donations for Lusaka City Market inferno victims by pledging K50,000. And Fube has appealed to former chief justice Lombe Chibesakunda, and Reverend Mwape Chilekwa, and other Pillars of Peace to come up with a victims’ benefit account where people can deposit their contributions. “As for me...

Police Spokesperson Esther Mwaata Katongo says 1901 stores were burnt in the City Market inferno yesterday. In a statement today, Katongo said the number of those affected was more than the number of stores burnt as some of them were sub divided. "Going by the council's allocated shops, 1,901 stores were burnt in the fire...

The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Lillian Shawa Siyunyi has entered a nolle prosequi in the case where President Edgar Lungu's spokesperson Amos Chanda and Daily Nation Newspaper owner Richard Sakala were facing contempt of court charges. Chanda, Sakala are scheduled to appear before Magistrate Felix Kaoma at 12:00 hours today in a matter where...